Short report: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus as a nosocomial pathogen in Iran

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-678

  Mardani, Masoud ^b   Keshtkar Jahromi, Maryam ^a,b   Ataie, Behrooz ^b,c   Adibi, Peyman ^b,c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAIRO VIRUS; PETECHIA; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA BLEEDING; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349754562     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0051     Document Type: Article

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